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03:04[Source]The Happiest Home in These Hills is a song featured in Pete's Dragon. It is sung by the Gogans during their search for Pete in the night at the beginning of the story. It is based on them convincing him to return home with them and threatening to kill him once he's there (but it fails).

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All: 2x(Argh!)Lena: He's gone that-a-wayMerle: He's went this-a-wayGrover and Willie: He's up a tree (Lena and Merle) I think!Lena: Oh Petey, Oh Petey...
Where are you?
Please come back
Oh Petey, Oh Petey...Lena and Merle: You're like a son to us
We miss you, We miss youLena: If I get near him, you can bet I won't miss him with this!

Lena: I'll cook you cake and gingerbread,
Bring you tea in bed on a tray,Merle: We'll slave while you go fishing
You'll get permission to run and playLena: These tears oughta show you I care
Come back, (All) by cracky we'll share
The happiest home in these hills...in these hills!

Lena (shouting): Go find him!

Grover and Willie:
Gonna snag him, gag him, drag him through town
Put his head in the river, let the pup drown,
Trap him, strap him, wrap him in a sack. Yeah!
Tie him screaming to a railroad track.
(Bros. laugh)

Merle: We'll have you sing in chapel
You'll be the apple of Momma's eyeLena: I'll tend to all your sowing and do your mowing
So just rely on meAll: Dang, we know you're out there
It's late, we're waiting to share
The happiest home in these hills...in these hills!

Grover and Willie:
Gonna paw him, claw him, saw him in half,
When he cries out for mercy, we'll just laugh,
Beat him, heat him, eat him for dessert. Yeah!Lena: Roast him gently so the flames won't hurt.

(All laugh)

(After being thrown into a mud puddle by an invisible Elliott and calling for Pete again)

Lena and Merle: You'll swim and you'll go campingAll: You'll be a champ in your own backyard
Our love is overflowing, it keeps on growin'
You'll sleep good knowing you're home in these hills...

Grover and Willie: We're gonna string him from a treeLena and Merle: In these hillsGrover and Willie: We're gonna sting him like a beeLena and Merle: In these hillsGrover and Willie: We're gonna spill him on his headLena and Merle: In these hillsGrover and Willie: We're gonna fill him full of leadLena and Merle: In these hills